Surgery Waits

Hysterectomy waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 84 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
5.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 66 days in 2011–12 to 84 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 29 km away, at 30 days. Here, 5.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital84 days5.6%54 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)99 days12.2%2971 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)84 days8.3%904 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)74 days7.4%9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 84NSW 99Australia 74
  • Tweed Valley Hospital
  • NSW
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodTweed Valley Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12665753
2012–13826053
2013–14835552
2014–151096055
2015–16806252
2016–17806455
2017–18906657
2018–19686961
2019–20557163
2020–21789680
2021–22728174
2022–2317010184
2023–24909677
2024–25849974

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in New South Wales